Reviews in Manchester

We have only moved to Sale three years ago and we have tried many restaurants and pub restaurants some good some nit so good. We’ve had our eye on the Fat Loaf for a year or so ago but never got round to booking until this week. This by far the best meal we have had within Sale and the surrounding area. The atmosphere was very convivial, the service very friendly, and we were very pleased with the French onion soup followed by fillet steak. I had a Hele’s German beer which was light and refreshing, and followed up with a Chardonnay. The price for the quality was not surprising and reflected a meal of such good quality. We will definitely be frequenting her in future,

Booked in for a a birthday meal and the whole experience was awful! Food was complete naff, it looked nothing like the photos promoting the place on Instagram. We waited 45 minutes for our drinks to arrive for one of them to be missing. After being there for 75 minutes the second drink arrived! Definitely will not be in a hurry to return. Bring back El Capo!

Food was awful. Don’t feel like any of the ingredients were fresh, felt store bought. Half the menu was out of stock. Overpriced even with 50% Whilst cocktails were ok, but also felt that cheap alcohol was used. Highly recommend Wolf at the Door instead, that’s were we went afterwards to have amazing tacos and delicious cocktails. Not coming back here. Thank you.

My understanding is that this new opening is run by people already operating restaurants, if so then it doesn't show 10 minute wait for menu, 10 minute wait to take order, as ordering advised 2 of the 7 main items were not available, 5 minute wait for drink, 20 minute wait for food, food delivered cold If you only have 5 main items and a few nibbles how does it take 20 minutes to serve tacos and nachos How is it possible to serve tacos and nachos cold In fairness the staff did offer to prepare another meal but I couldn't take up the offer due to catching a train. I was not charged for my drink

Great food, great service. Really good mid week/ happy hour

Been here a few times now the food has always been lovely and the staff very welcoming and polite .The pub has always been clean no sticky tables really nice place

I took my daughter and granddaughter here as I have been before and thoroughly enjoyed it so wanted them to have the same experience. Whilst I appreciate mothers day could be particularly busy. I found the service quite slow. Don't get me wrong the staff were lovely and polite when they did deal with us but not sure it requires two member of staff to be cleaning the same table or checking their phones when customers can clearly see this and are waiting to be served. My daughter did find a hair in one of her starters which was rather off putting. However she did report this and this particular dish was removed from the bill. The rest of the food was lovely and on the whole not too bad an experience

Great service, strong cocktails, amazing burrito. And sombreros to wear. What's not to love.

Easy to book online. Restaurant nicely decorated with quiet music playing. Been there 4 times now and the food and service has always been excellent. Good value for money. Will be returning.

You know you’re in for a treat when you enter the restaurant and see the amazing decor and know it will only get better when you take your place on a comfy seat at your table. First impressions are very important and the waiting staff at l’aquila do not disappoint, instantly getting to work to make sure your experience is a good one. And what an experience it is, from the barman presenting the wine bottle like we are royalty to the perfect presentation of the food! We shared a half and half garlic bread and the special prawn starter which were both immaculately presented and mouth-wateringly good. The ingredients were obviously fresh and if high quality as the taste exploded in your mouth. For mains we both chose a pasta dish and again both were such a delight! I took a gamble in trying the steak pasta as I’m not a huge steak fan but the strips of stake in my pasta were so tender flavourful I would recommend it to everyone! My husband went for a salmon and baby prawn pasta, which I took a little bite of, and what a ride of flavours! Each item in the dish had its own unique taste rather than blending into one which can happen with seafood dishes. Fresh and beautiful. Although we were certainly full by now it was so good that we couldn’t pass the opportunity to try the desserts, after a short break to settle the mains. Again, immaculate presentation of a rich but not sickly sticky toffee pudding and a beautiful, light crème brûlée. We ended the night with a special cocktail each, both with such unique flavours but gorgeous none the less. All in all it was a wonderful experience and I highly recommend l’aquila. I will certainly be going back!

Such a lovely atmosphere. Food and service was quick and efficient, would defo come again :)

Was looking forward to visiting Boogalu, unfortunately when we arrived we had to wait around 15 minutes to even be given a food menu, I had to find a waitress to ask for this. Then when we decided what we wanted, no one came for another 15 minutes, I had to ask if we had to pay at the counter, the service to attend to customers was unfortunately so slow. This meant we were running late for our event that we were meant to be going to later on in the evening. Again, the bill took ages to come and we had to ask three waiters until it finally came. Also, we were informed that there were no fish tacos, which is what I wanted on the menu. It was also very cold every time the door opened and I was surprised to see the service charge was taken off the full price as opposed to the final price after the 50% off. Hopefully these teething issues will be fixed.

Excellent Food, drinks and atmosphere. Will visit again when the live music is on.

The food and ambience were great when we visited, plus the serving staff were friendly and polite. The only thing that detracted from the whole experience was having to wait almost an hour between starters and mains; this seemed a very long time considering the restaurant wasn’t busy.

Great meal as always. Wonderful service. Lovely food. Family favourite for special occasions.

Lovely atmosphere in this family run restaurant. Attentive service with a smile. Oh the food, that was fantastic. Lovely for our on Mother’s Day.

We visited for mothers day and despite it being busy we could fault the standard of food! Everything was lovely empty plates all round! As a newly diagnosed coeliac I felt very comfortable eating here the staff knew about gluten free. There was a bit of a wait between half our party getting food before the other but that was due to it being busy however everything arrived hot and we all enjoyed it.

Fantastic.